Erik Plata was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Blackmond Group from 2014 to 2016.
Erik worked on a range of projects, including the investigation of the kinetics of reactions developed in the Yu group and in a collaboration with scientists from BMS.
In December 2016 Erik joined the faculty of Grossmony College as a adjunct Professor of chemistry.
12/2017
Dynamic Ligand Exchange as a Mechanistic Probe in Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization Reactions Using Monoprotected Amino Acid Ligands
RESEARCH
06/2017
A Role for Pd(IV) in Catalytic Enantioselective C–H Functionalization with Monoprotected Amino Acid Ligands under Mild Conditions
RESEARCH
09/2015
Mono-Oxidation of Bidentate Bis-phosphines in Catalyst Activation: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of a Pd/Xantphos-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization
RESEARCH